This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Forum for Modern Language Studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version CHADWICK, E., 1999. Neutrality's last gasp? The Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. Journal of Armed Conflict Law, 4 (2), pp. 169-194 is available online at: http://jcsl.oxfordjournals.org